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Terry Gross

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19:59

The Plight of Child Soldiers

Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict for the United Nations, Olara Otunnu. He is a former Ugandan diplomat who is now heading the effort to see that guerrilla armies do not use children as soldiers, and that children are protected in wartorn areas. Experts say that the number of children in combat is on the rise, and that as many as 300,000 children in at least 30 countries are directly involved in conflict as soldiers, porters, or slaves.

Interview
21:48

Film Director Noah Baumbach on Young Adulthood and Jealous Love

Baumbach's latest film is "Mr. Jealousy," about an irrationally jealous young man who is obsessed with his girlfriend's ex-lovers. He joins the therapy group of his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend in order to learn more about him. Baumbach wrote and directed the film, as well as his previous debut film "Kicking and Screaming." "Mr. Jealousy stars Eric Stoltz, Annabella Sciorra, and Chris Eigeman who we hear from later in the show.

Interview
27:08

Movie Actor Chris Eigeman

Eigeman is currently starring in two films "The Last Days of Disco" and "Mr. Jealousy." In "Mr. Jealousy" he plays Dashiell, the ex-boyfriend of Ramona, played by Annabella Sciorra, a young woman who falls in love with Lester, played by Eric Stoltz. Eigeman has spent the last decade working with two film directors: Noah Baumbach ("Kicking and Screaming") and Whit Stillman ("Metropolitan," "Barcelona" and "The Last Days of Disco").

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